MCP Server for Excel
MCP Server for Excel is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Excel automation for AI - Sheets, Power Query, DAX, VBA, Tables, Ranges and more. It has 834 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel.
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Install MCP Server for Excel
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Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-for-excel": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sbroenne/mcp-server-excel"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-server-for-excel -- npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-excelCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-for-excel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sbroenne/mcp-server-excel"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"mcp-server-for-excel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sbroenne/mcp-server-excel"
]
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
About MCP Server for Excel
Automate real Microsoft Excel with AI. Excel MCP Server lets GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, and other agents control Excel through natural-language requests—using either MCP or a token-efficient CLI.
- excel
- mcp-server
- claude-ai
- excel-automation
- github-copilot
- model-context-protocol
- power-pivot
- ai-automation
- com-automation
- dax
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How do I install the MCP Server for Excel MCP server?
Add the command npx -y @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is MCP Server for Excel free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is MCP Server for Excel actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v2.5.5, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.